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lovichyesterday at 8:57 AM1 replyview on HN

I don’t care about all those signs/flags? Is probably the best I can express my feelings.

I assume anything corporate or corporate aligned, which I believe this forum is, is being manipulated by the owners because they are structurally unreliable.

Corporations are counter parties who will betray you the second it’s in their benefit, and then crow about it in their quarterly earnings reports to their shareholders.

They’ll have their pocket MBAs and lawyers tell you how they have a fiduciary duty to maximize shareholder returns and quote some fucking 1920s era lawsuit with Henry Ford despite not actually having to maximize return but just having to do what’s in the shareholders best interests.

The sociopaths in our society have determined that means getting more money even if other people are harmed.

I am going to continue assuming that any corporate aligned org is following the incentives of our societal structure until we change that, and if you try to convince me I should ignore the structural incentives then I am going to assume you are trying to pull the wool over my eyes.


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jacquesmyesterday at 1:25 PM

> if you try to convince me I should ignore the structural incentives then I am going to assume you are trying to pull the wool over my eyes.

It won't be long now and you'll accuse me of being part of the YC cabal...